Apples and Johnny Appleseed - September 26

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Thursday, September 26, 2024

Today is Johnny Appleseed Day, Key Lime Pie Day, Human Resource Professional Day, Lumberjack Day, and National Pancake Day.

• Hispanic/Latino Month Resource of the Day: Oh Noah
• Classical Music Month Resource of the Day: William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Apples and Johnny Appleseed

ON THIS DATE

• 1905 - Albert Einstein introduces his special theory of relativity in the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers.
• 1960 - Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy meet in the first televised presidential debate.
• 1969- The Beatles' last album, Abbey Road, is released.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1774 - Gardener Johnny Appleseed
• 1849 - Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov
• 1888 - British poet T. S. Eliot
• 1898 - Composer George Gershwin
• 1948 - Singer Olivia Newton-John (Olivia Newton Reads All Tucked In on Sesame Street)

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Osmonds - One Bad Apple - LISTEN
• George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue - LISTEN
• Olivia Newton-John - I Honestly Love You - LISTEN

THEME:  APPLES AND JOHNNY APPLESEED

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - A is for Apple with Elmo (1:25) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Eating Apples (1:57) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Super Grover Saves Elmo's Apple (3:10) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - The Case of Ernie's Apple (3:35) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Daniel Tiger - Making Apple Cider (1:54) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Snack Hacks - Apple Donuts (0:30) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-2 - Curious George - Apple Picking Game - DO
• PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Valley's Gold - Apples (2:24) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - Nature Cat - Hooray for Apple Seeds (1:42) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Know Ohio - Johnny Appleseed (2:24) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NPR - All Thing Considered - Johnny Appleseed Planted Stories Of Myth, Adventure (8:48)  - LISTEN
• Grade 6-12 - US Apples - Apple Varieties - READ
• Grades 6-12 - Mental Floss - 9 Facts That Tell the True Story of Johnny Appleseed - READ
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Botany of Desire - Sweetness - 4 videos (Available in Spanish) - VIEW and DO

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